Countries
Countries
Philippines
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3227
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2023
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Kablaaw
Hola
Thank You
Agyamanak
Gràcies
How Are You?
Kumusta?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
Bona nit
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
Bon dia
Please
mangngegda
Sisplau
Sorry
Agpakawanak
Perdó!
Bye
Pakada
Adéu
I Love You
Ayayatenka
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Balangao
Caló
Where They Speak
Philippines
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
21,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bontoc
Valencian
Where They Speak
Philippines
Spain
How Many People Speak
41,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Not present
Spain
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
28
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
català
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
ilocano
catalan; valencien
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Catalan people
History
Origin
18th Century
c. 1028
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
9432
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
cat
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
cat
ISO 639 3
ilo
cat
ISO 639 6
ilo
cat
Glottocode
ilok1237
stan1289
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-